One Woman's Opinion

Order Mary Buxton’s booksLife and love in the rural tidewater area of Virginia is a common thread that runs through nearly all of Mary Wakefield Buxton's books. The push and pull of old and new, North and South, man and woman, life and death, are discovered, illuminated and reflected upon in each of them. Such is the heart and soul of a writer.

_________________________________________________________________

Lessons in Humility, Part 3I’ve spent the last few weeks in this column reflecting over the suffering throughout the history of mankind that was caused by his own brutal and savage behavior. I specifically pointed to pain, misery and hardship in my own ancestry. Truth is we could all write a book on the story of our ancestors.

12.13.2017

Lessons in Humility, Part 2
Last week I bemoaned the fact we have all descended from savage and barbaric ancestors who were once ruled by the one law of nature: “kill or be killed.”

12.07.2017

Lessons in Humility, Part 1Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all human beings today could feel totally absolved from the terrible wrongs of the past? Wouldn’t it be sweet to be absolutely self-righteous and spend our days with a smug and joyful confidence that we are good people?

12.04.2017

Thanksgiving with Alice
Thanksgiving is a time we always come together, whether in home in Vermilion, Ohio, where we grew up many years ago or later at the Dragon Run Country Store in Church View.